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Throughout the year, seniors Sarafina Joseph and Anthony Caputo, chairs of Senior Legacy, have been working with their executive board to organize the giving campaign for the senior class’ first gift to Notre Dame, which will benefit the Fighting Irish Initiative. To celebrate the work they’ve been doing, they are hosting this year’s Party on

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The possibilities are endless with a Notre Dame degree. That’s what I was told on my recruiting visit for track, what I heard at orientation, what alumni and professors ingrained in me over my four years here. However, it won’t be the technical skills I learned or even much of the academic work that ended

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Three years ago, I trudged into The Observer office on a Saturday morning. My editor said she needed all hands on deck, so — even though I was just a freshman, newly trained to layout the paper — I headed to the basement of South Dining Hall. It was less than two days after the

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I like to think of life as a simulation. No, not like “The Matrix.” I actually think the world is real and, well, not some simulated reality. Rather in the way that reality differs based on decisions, ones that are either within or outside of our control. One thing happens and you live in one world.

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There are so many “lasts” in the final few weeks of senior year — each celebrated with commendable gusto and the appropriate amount of nostalgia, perhaps even watery eyes and wavery smiles. There are probably a few too many lasts: Notre Dame — as we are all well aware by this point — is a

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No matter what the denizens of Scene past will tell you, the class of 2017 is a special one. Notoriously banned for writing music reviews during their freshman year in an attempt to publish articles on someone besides Kanye West, this year’s Scene-iors are perhaps the most in-tune in the section’s history. They can be

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Hey seniors, I know you are wigging out about the future, but here’s some advice: go easy on your friends. Yes, your friends. They’re just as stressed as you too. I know it is scary not having solid plans, and it seems like they have their futures figured out, but they honestly don’t. We’re all

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I spent much of last weekend talking with family and friends, which is a normal enough way to spend some free time, except that none of them were actually in the same room as me. Some, like my mom and girlfriend, I hadn’t talked to for a few days. Others, like some friends from school,

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Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to University President Fr. John Jenkins on March 2 following the University’s announcement of Vice President Mike Pence as the 2017 Commencement speaker. Fr. John Jenkins, On behalf of the LGBT alumni of the University of Notre Dame, we wish to express our deepest sadness with your choice

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Commencement weekend gathers families from all over the world to celebrate the achievement and hard work of the graduates of the University. This is the last time the class of 2017 will be together on campus before being sent onward to carry out Our Lady’s mission. We recognize the value of discourse and encourage the